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>-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 10:02 PM >To: Dartmouth NPS >Subject: [NSP] Lisa Ridley etc.etc. > >Dear All, > >As a Tiscali customer I have had no access to the forum for over a >week so imagine my amazement to find 93 e-mails waiting and that the >world of NSP has gone suddenly mad. > >The mails relating to youngsters and "pushy parents" reminds me of our >years with daughters in the pony showing world. Now if you want >precocious kids and pushy parents thats the place to be!!! >Intimidation >of judges , dirty tactics and harrasment were all part of the >game.(For >others) > >Reading the rest of the contributions saddend me more than anything. >Fre debate is good but this has not been good. > >If we have a situation that experienced pipers feel that they can no >longer freely contribute to the pages then surely we have all gone >wrong somewhere. I fall very much into the struggling, mediocre group >of players but I enjoy what I manage to play. I live along way >from the >North east so thef orum and its contributors largely provide me with >encouragement and technical information, some laughs and some >annoyance >at times but nothing, until now, that has made me wonder is it worth >bothering anymore. > >Style... Well yes it is vital to learn the correct basics, as in any >instrument, but whenyou are some distance from a group this becomes >difficult. I fear a situation where I may have to lock the door and >draw the curtians when playing in case the "style police" >find where I >live and come a knocking!! > >When attending courses and classes the one thing that always impressed >me was the friendlyness and the willingness to help that came from >eveyone I have met. Has that now faded? > >Come on let`s get back to something we enjoy, cut the bitching and >each play in our own way to the good of ourselves and anyone who >whishes to listen to us. > >Isn`t it the time of year to go back to discussing what oil to use.... >at least we didn`t upset anyone when we did. > >All the best > >Guy T. > >Address withheld for security reasons!! > > > > >http://www.tiscali.co.uk/security - Get 50% off Norton Security 2009 >_______________________________________________________ > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
